STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of abducting, raping and murdering a young mother is set to be executed Tuesday. Michael Lee King, 54, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. King was sentenced to death in 2009 after being convicted of first-degree murder, … Read more
Fat Joe joins artists petitioning a halt to James Broadnax’s execution in Texas – CBS News Watch CBS News Musician and activist Fat Joe is joining Killer Mike, Young Thug and other artists as they seek a halt to James Broadnax’s execution in Texas. Broadnax’s music lyrics were used during his sentencing. Source link
HOUSTON — A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 killings of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her son Anthony Figueroa at their apartment in Bedford, a suburb in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. … Read more
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Charles “Sonny” Burton said no one was supposed to get hurt during the 1991 AutoZone robbery that landed him on death row, and he only learned later that another man in the group of robbers had shot and killed a store customer. “I didn’t know anything about nobody getting hurt until we … Read more